Conference 2018 Program

27 August – 1 September

Session timing	Session	Overview
Departs from Sydney, Tuesday 28 Aug - Saturday 1st Sept; travels to Canberra	AFG pre-conference field study tour - details of tour	Led by Kevin Harding, AFG President

Sunday 2 September

Session timing	Session	Overview
Late morning – late afternoon	Early Career Professionals & Students Forum - Future Forest Leaders Program	Skills development Leadership & communications Mentoring & networking
4:00 – 5:00 pm	Registration
5:00 – 5:30 pm	AFG AGM	All AFG Members are invited to attend
5:00 – 5:30 pm	IFA NSW Divisional AGM (at the Fenner School)	All IFA NSW members are invited to attend
5:45 pm - 9.00pm	Welcome to country, to the ANU and to the conference Welcome Cocktails and BBQ Dinner	Speakers: Wally Bell Prof Marnie Hughes- Warrington Conference committee

Monday 3 September

Session timing	Session	Overview
From 8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	Welcome
9:30 am	Forests for healthy cities 1	Kenneth Er, CEO, Singapore National Parks Board Kate Auty, ACT Commissioner for Sustainability & the Environment
10:30 am	Morning tea
11:00 am	Forests for healthy people	Jackie Schirmer, University of Canberra Kathryn Williams, University of Melbourne
12:00 pm	Lunch
12:45 pm	Concurrent Focus Sessions sessions 1 and 2	Focus Session 1: Forests for healthy cities and people	Focus Session 2: Forests for healthy farms and people
		Catherine Keirnan (ACT Climate Change Policy)	Dr Hilary Smith (Latitude Forest Services)
		Adrian Gray (Landscape Architects)	Dr James Bulinski (CO2 Australia)
		David Rowlinson (Planet Ark)	Zoe Ryan (Climate Friendly)
		Laura Rayner (ACT Parks and Conservation)
2:30 pm	Afternoon tea
2:45 pm	Concurrent contributed papers sessions 1 and 2	Session 1: Forests for healthy cities and people	Session 2: Farm Forestry – Making it work
		A/Prof Cris Brack (ANU) & Jasmin Ghazalli	Rowan Reid (Australian Agroforestry Foundation)
		Dr John Dargavel	Daniel Mackey & Cameron Neil
		Dr Bill Jackson	Dr Daniel Mendham et al.
		Dr John Van Der Kallen (DEA)	Zara Marais et al.
		Dr Matthew Parker (National Arboretum Canberra)	Peter Langdon (ACT Parks and Conservation)
4:15 pm	Short break
4:30 pm	World Café Parallel Sessions	Forests for healthy cities and people	Forests for healthy farms and people
		‘Conversation Pit’ and Trade Exhibits – open all day
5:30 - 6:30 pm	IFA AGM	All IFA Members are invited to attend
7:00 pm	Conference dinner	Prof Graham Farquhar

Tuesday 4 September

NOTES:

1) Most sessions will start with session 1 at the National Arboretum of Canberra except session 4 (Farm forestry - east) which is a full day farm forestry session.

2) Please dress appropriately for the weather which will be cold, windy or wet requiring warm layered clothing and raincoats. All sessions will require fully closed in footwear.

3) Session 4 - Peter Marshall has rightly emphasised that Biosecurity is everything for their family business. They have a diverse farm business but central to this is a very high value truffle business. They are chemical spray free because the use of any fungicides, herbicides etc will impact on soil biology and healthy truffle production (truffles are a fungal fruiting body). As responsible professional organisations, both Australian Forest Growers and the Institute of Foresters expect all members to be conscious of the need for biosecurity protocols to be rigidly observed and complied with on farm visits. It should be routine practice for all of us to be thoughtful visitors to all our work sites and other properties we visit to minimise the possibility of bringing pests and diseases in with us on clothing and footwear or on our vehicles.

The Marshall’s have kindly allowed us to visit their family farm and all Conference attendees are expected to comply with the following mandatory protocols.

a) Footwear must be scrubbed and sterilised to remove all dust and dirt.

b) Backpacks, camera cases etc should also be scrubbed and sterilised. Wipe down cameras and field note books etc with disinfectant wipes. Please leave backpacks and camera cases on the bus.

c) All clothing must be freshly laundered so that it is clean on the day of the field session – to eliminate all fungal, bacterial and viral spores as well as any weed seeds etc.

Please clean and sterilise your boots, clothing and backpacks/camera cases before you leave home so that you have clean gear with you for this field session. Anyone observed to not comply with these protocols will not be allowed to board the bus for this field session.

Yes! … we are serious! … These biosecurity protocols are not optional and will be strictly enforced.

4) For all other sessions please check and clean all clothing as necessary to ensure that it is free of any weed seeds.

5) Lunch will be provided for all sessions.

Session timing	Session	Overview
Session 1 8.00am - 10.30am	Joint field session. All sessions will commence with this session with the exception of Session 4 - Farm Forestry - East	National Arboretum Canberra Session Leader - Assoc Prof Cris Brack
Sessions 2,3,5,6 10.30am - 4.00pm, Finish time may vary	Concurrent field sessions	Session 2 - Management of Canberra Urban Treescapes; Session Leader - Ms Rachael Dawes, A/General Manager, Urban Treescapes, ACT Government Session 3 Historic Canberra Treescapes and Australian National Botanic Garden; Session Leader - AFG Life Member & experienced local Mr Steve Thomas Session 4 Farm Forestry - East; Session Leader - Ian McArthur Session 5 Farm Forestry - West; Session Leader - Dr Kevin Harding, AFG President

Session 4 8.00am - 5.00pm
Evening	Free evening	Canberra – the world’s 3^rd ranked city to visit 2018

Wednesday 5 September

Session timing	Session	Overview
7:15 am	Breakfast Forum	Breakfast Forum – Education
9:00 am	Australian Government welcome	Senator Anne Ruston
9:15 am	Plenary 3: Policy engagement forum	Fiona Simson, President National Farmer's Federation Greg McCormack, Chair Australian Forest Products Association; Chair Midway Gordon Davies, President Greening Australia Rob Youl, OAM, Representative Landcare Australia
10:30 am	Morning tea
11:00 am	Focus Session 3: Forestry for healthy farms and people	Next Generation Plantations Panel Dr Lyndall Bull Professor Rod Keenan Braden Jenkin Dr Nerida Anderson Tony Price Jonty Ephron Howard Parry-Husbands Rob de Fégely Ruth Harvey Gary Dunning
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Concurrent contributed paper sessions 3, 4 and 5
		Session 3: Urban and Indigenous Forestry	Session 4: Practical Farm Forestry	Session 5: Healthy Forests and Biosecurity
		A/Prof Cris Brack	Dr John McGrath	A/Prof. Treena Burgess
		Dr Marie Yee	Peter Ritson et al.	Dr Angus Carnegie et al.
		Dr Rosemary Lott & Rohan Jacobsen	Ken Goulter et al.	Dr Geoff Pegg
		Kamal Melvani	Dr Graeme Palmer	Francisco (Paco) Tovar

2:45 – 3:00 pm	Short break
3:00 pm	Wrap up by IFA and AFG Presidents, Conference Chair and FFI representative
4:00 pm	Close

CONFERENCE PROGRAM - PDF

LIST OF SPEAKERS & TOPICS - PDF

FIELD SESSIONS PROGRAM - PDF

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